Pantina-Bott v. New York State Comptroller

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent Comptroller which denied petitioner’s application for performance of duty disability retirement benefits.

Petitioner injured her neck, back and right shoulder in two separate incidents while employed as a police officer. Petitioner’s application for performance of duty disability retirement benefits was initially denied. Following a hearing, the Hearing Officer found that petitioner was not permanently incapacitated from the…